Patsy Newitt

Thirty-six percent of physicians have considered early retirement in the last year, according to "Back From Burnout: Confronting the Post-pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis"," an October report from the Medical Group Management Association and Jackson Physician Search. 

Storm Lake, Iowa-based emergency room physician Andrew Obamwonyi, MD, is appealing the court's decision to proceed with a suit alleging incompetency, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Oct. 6.

Here are seven key stats on ophthalmologist compensation:

Here are 62 new ASCs opened or announced from July, August and September:

Here are four new ASCs in Texas since Aug. 19:

Four medical office buildings have been sold since Sept. 26, totaling more than $66 million. 

Cardiology is a huge opportunity for growth for ASCs as procedures move outpatient. Here are five new single-specialty cardiology ASCs announced or opened in 2022. 

Here are the biggest deals in the third quarter of 2022 that ASC leaders need to know:

Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare laid out how signing bonuses for physicians have shifted over the last five years in their report, "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."

Willingboro, N.J.-based former physician assistant Aaron Jones, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for a scheme that defrauded payers millions of dollars, Press of Atlantic City reported Oct. 5.